how the hell do i ship heads?
08-29-2006, 01:54 AM
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how the hell do i ship heads?
i dont know how many of you have ever lifted a pair of SBC cast iron cylinder heads...but theyre heavy. so i have no idea how to ship them.
ive decided my heads a junk and wont support my motor for ****, so i am thinking of selling them on ebay, but how do i ship them? no cardboard box can possibly support them.
ive decided my heads a junk and wont support my motor for ****, so i am thinking of selling them on ebay, but how do i ship them? no cardboard box can possibly support them.
08-29-2006, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by paarman97maro
get stronger cardboard and good tape.
How much weight are we talking? My rotors were like 30 pounds or some ****, and they worked jsut fine in a box.
How much weight are we talking? My rotors were like 30 pounds or some ****, and they worked jsut fine in a box.
and adric, i thought the rule was one pointless post per thread.
08-29-2006, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
yeah, these are around 50 lbs EACH!
and adric, i thought the rule was one pointless post per thread.
and adric, i thought the rule was one pointless post per thread.
08-29-2006, 02:39 AM
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maybe get a normal box and cut a piece of wood or something solid to put on the bottom so it evenly puts the weight on the bottom of the box and just use really good tape on the bottom, kind of a pain but all i can think of cause i know how heavy heads are
08-29-2006, 05:01 PM
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Its hard to ship heads, esp cast iron ones. I paid $50 for my alum., the big companies get away with it because of the bulk of shipping they do.
If you throw them on Ebay make sure you put in buyer pays shipping.
About the best thing to do is get a lot of paper to ship them in and boxes that fit fairly closely so the heads can't move around in them. Thats about the best I can do, if you crate or build a box that won't collapse you are just going to pay even more for them to be shipped, and being that they seem to be heads that you want to get rid of, I doubt someone is going to want to pay $100 plus another $100 to get them, then worry about machine work once they are received.
If you throw them on Ebay make sure you put in buyer pays shipping.
About the best thing to do is get a lot of paper to ship them in and boxes that fit fairly closely so the heads can't move around in them. Thats about the best I can do, if you crate or build a box that won't collapse you are just going to pay even more for them to be shipped, and being that they seem to be heads that you want to get rid of, I doubt someone is going to want to pay $100 plus another $100 to get them, then worry about machine work once they are received.
08-29-2006, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by FORCE_FED_Z
and being that they seem to be heads that you want to get rid of, I doubt someone is going to want to pay $100 plus another $100 to get them, then worry about machine work once they are received.
08-29-2006, 10:32 PM
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ups and fedex has some kick *** tape that has some kinda thread in it that i guarentee will hold them. i shipped a set of lt1 heads and it worked for me just put em in 2 seperate boxes and use lots of news paper.
